#38CD42#38CD42

#38CD42 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.218 H 143.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CD42
RGBrgb(56, 205, 66)
HSLhsl(124, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(124, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(72.82, -64.89, 55.86)
CIE-LCHlch(72.82, 85.62, 139.28°)
OKLaboklab(74.43% -0.1757 0.1284)
OKLCHoklch(74.43% 0.218 143.8)
XYZxyz(24.4440, 44.8940, 12.5304)
Luminance0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CD42 #CD38C3
analogous
#78CD38 #38CD42 #38CD8C
triadic
#38CD42 #4238CD #CD4238
tetradic
#38CD42 #3878CD #CD38C3 #CD8C38
square
#38CD42 #3878CD #CD38C3 #CD8C38
split-complementary
#38CD42 #8C38CD #CD3878
monochromatic
#1C6F21 #28A030 #38CD42 #69D970 #9AE69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#38CD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98
#38CD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD42
9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CD42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CD421.002.109.989.98
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9821.001.001.00
##0000009.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0AE4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.218 143.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85de7d',
    500: '#38cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cd42;
$custom-light: #85de7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.027,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74432,
    "c": 0.21761,
    "h": 143.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CD42
secondary
#D18FCD
accent
#45D8E3
background
#F8FDF7
surface
#F0FBEE
border
#CBD4C9
text
#0D150A
muted
#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD42

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#38CD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva